Oast-metal beacket



l tttilthtatrs-atwt @frn PURMORT BRADFORD,` OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO SAR- GENT AND COMPANY, -OFSAME PLACE.

Lettere Peten# Ne. 78,784, deeeez June 9, 1868,

IMPROVFD` CAST-METAL BRACKET.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that II, PURMORT BRADFORD, of New Haven, in the count-y of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement in Cast-Metal Brackets; and' I do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact ldescription of thesame, and which said drawings constitute part of this speeication, and represent, inW

Figure 1, a frontview.

Figure 2, a perspective view of the shelf.

Figure 3, a sectional view of the brace.

Figure 4, a front viewv of the solidipart of the base.

Figure 5, a sectional view through 4the shelf and base, at the point of connection.

Figure 6, a sectional view of the shelf, showing the connection of the brace, and in Figures 7 and 8 a di'erent modification of the same connection. A

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction of brackets .from cast metal, designed in imitation of wood, and such as are used upon-walls for the support of ornaments, and consists in forming the parts so that they may be locked and held together without the use of rivets, or .other security than those cast upon the parts. 4 v

In order to the clear undestanding of my invention, I will fully describe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The representation is for a wall-bracket, that is tint upon the back side.

The base, A, which is ornamented by any desirable design of traceryis formed with openings a for the shelfeonnection, and'b for the base. v i I The shelf B is cast with hooked lugs, d, as secu in fig, 2, the said lugs corresponding tothe lugs a in the base, and so as to he hooked into the base, .as seen in iig. 5. Y

The brace C is constructed with lugs f, corresponding to the openings b of the base, as seenin gs. 3 and 4, and so as to be hooked therein in like manner as described `for the shelf, and near the outer extremity of the brace I cut u. hooked projection, 7e, and form at a corresponding point, z', on the shelf, a projection, upon which the said hook may turn, as seen in gs. 2 andeG.

Therefore, after the parts are east, hook the shelf into its position, place the lugs of the brace into the lugs b of the base, and turn the brace, so that the hook 7i will lock upo'n a projection, c', on the shelf, into its proper position, as seen in tig. l, and the bracket is complete, and the parts held together in a most secure manner, and without the employment cf rivets or other fastening-devicc.

Instead of the lugs f on the brace a, dove-tail lug, l, may be formed, as seen in figs. 7 and 8, and locked into the base, as seen in Vg. S, and a tenori, n, set into the base, near the top, while a similar tenen, m, will enter a hole in the shelf, and by this means the parts are secured together.

This lastconstruction is better adapted Where the base is of a rustic character, or formed from tracery,

e than when the base is plain, as seen in fig. 4.

, By this construction the brackets may be taken apart and compactly packed for transportation-a most desirable object for manufacturers and dealers; and it`is so simply put together that the most unskilled person cannot fail to join Vthe parts properly.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patient, is

The base, A, shelf B, and brace C, constructed so as to be united and locked together by hooks,- or projections on one part, and corresponding mortiscs or recesses in the other, so that when the three parts are set together, they will beA locked and held in place, substantially as set forth.

PURMORT BRADFORD.l

Witnesses:

s J. H. SHUMWAY,

Ai J, Timms. 

